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Director: Emily Pothast (email) • 206 624.6700
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British Caricature Prints, 1790-1830
The Age of Satire
The Antique Print Department is proud to present an exhibition of original prints from the golden age of British satire. During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, illustrators such as Thomas Rowlandson, James Gillray, and George Cruikshank made British caricature a vital popular art form. Through their colorful renderings of humorously exaggerated people in absurd scenarios, these artists offered ridicule and criticism of prevailing political, social, and religious positions of the day to their educated, affluent audiences. Today, the influence of these masters of mockery may be read in contemporary editorial cartoons, as well as in the topical parody produced for television and other media.
• Cultural and Political Satire links: Honoré Daumier, William Hogarth, Thomas Rowlandson
William Heath (English, 1795-1840)
Don’t You Remember the 5th of November
Hancolored etching. Published by T. McLean, London. Heath’s “Paul Pry” monogram in image, lower left.
9-5/8 x 13-1/2 inches.
16866
$450
William Heath (English, 1795-1840)
Receiving Absolution for Past Heresies
Hancolored etching, 1829. Publsihed by T. McLean, London. Heath’s “Paul Pry” monogram in image, lower left. Spot of foxing in image center.
9-1/2 x 13-1/4 inches.
16870
$450
William Heath (English, 1795-1840)
The Noblest Roman of them All
Hancolored etching. Publsihed by T. McLean, London. Heath’s “Paul Pry” monogram in image, lower left.
13-5/8 x 9-1/4 inches.
16868
$350
William Heath (English, 1795-1840)
One of the Select Vestry
Series: Parish Characters in Ten Plates by Paul Pry, Esquire (Pseudonym for William Heath). Hancolored etching, 1829. Published by T. McLean, London. Heath’s “Paul Pry” monogram in image, lower left.
14 x 9-1/2 inches.
27896
$450
William Heath (English, 1795-1840)
Dusty Bob - The Parish Dustman
Series: Parish Characters in Ten Plates by Paul Pry, Esquire (Pseudonym for William Heath). Hancolored etching, 1829. Published by T. McLean, London. Heath’s “Paul Pry” monogram in image, lower left.
14 x 9-1/2 inches.
27897
$450
William Heath (English, 1795-1840)
Master Fang, the Parish Beadle
Series: Parish Characters in Ten Plates by Paul Pry, Esquire (Pseudonym for William Heath). Hancolored etching, 1829. Published by T. McLean, London. Heath’s “Paul Pry” monogram in image, lower left.
14 x 9-1/2 inches.
27898
$450
Isaac Cruikshank (Scottish, 1756-1811) after George M. Woodward (1760-1809)
Untitled (Man teaching himself to read)
Handcolored etching, 1796. Published by Allen & West, London.
6-3/8 inches diameter.
16951
$150
Isaac Cruikshank (Scottish, 1756-1811) after George M. Woodward (1760-1809)
A Recruiting Party
Handcolored etching, 1797. Published by Allen & West, London.
9 x 7 inches.
16952
$PRICE
Isaac Cruikshank (Scottish, 1756-1811) after George M. Woodward (1760-1809)
Subterraneous Guides
Handcolored etching, 1797. Published by Allen & West, London.
9 x 7 inches.
16953
$PRICE
George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878)
Protestant John “Rowst”
Handcolored etching, c. 1820. Minor soiling in image.
10 x 13-1/4 inches.
16956
$400
James Gillray (English, 1757-1815)
Waltzer au Mouchoir
Handcolored etching, 1800. Published by John Miller, London.
8-3/4 x 7-1/2 inches.
16864
$575
Charles Jameson Grant (English, fl. 1831-1846)
John Bull Clearing Away the Bitter Weeds
Color lithograph for Punch, c. 1841. Published by Landells and Mayhew, London. Known for his radical politics and sensationalized style, Grant made the lower classes his target audience..
8 x 10 inches.
16960
$250
Theodore Lane (English, fl. 1800-1828)
The Whole Truth, or John Bull With His Eyes Opened...
Handcolored etching, 1821. Published by G. Humphrey, London.
9 x 7-1/8 inches.
16958
$450
Tim Bobbin (English, 1708-1786)
The Pluralist and Old Soldier
Etching, 1773. Published by G. Humphrey, London.
10-1/2 x 9-1/4 inches.
27859
$275
J. L. Marks (English, fl. c.1800-1830)
BENNET the BRAVE (Alias Absolute Courage) Taking the BULL by the Horns
Handcolored etching, c. 1820. Sir F. Burdett is depicted chasing a bull in the Newgate Prison as it tramples Henry Gray Bennet and kicks Matthew Wood in the mouth.
7-1/2 x 8-3/4 inches.
27497
$175
The Frightened Slave, the Harem Dames...
Handcolored etching, c. 1820. Light soiling in margins.
4-1/2 x 7-1/4 inches.
15627
$100
Charles Williams (English, fl. 1791-1830)
Doctory Prosody Arrives in the Vicinity of Edinburgh
Handcolored etching and aquatint. Published by M. Iley, London.
4-1/8 x 7-1/4 inches.
15640
$100
Charles Williams (English, fl. 1791-1830)
Doctory Prosody Doing Penance on Drunken Island, Lock Lommond
Handcolored etching and aquatint. Drawn and engraved by Willaims. Published by M. Iley, London.
4-1/8 x 7-1/4 inches.
15644
$100
George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878) and Isaac Robert Cruikshank (1789-1856)
Jerry “beat to a stand still”! Dr. Please’em’s Prescription. Tom and Logic’s condolences and the “Slaveys” on the alert.
Handcolored etching, c. 1820. Light soiling in margin.
4-1/8 x 7-1/4 inches.
15582
$85
Thomas Rowlandson
Death of Punch
For The Third Tour of Dr. Syntax: In Search of a Wife, by William Combe. Hand colored etching and aquatint, 1821. Published by Rudolph Ackermann, at R. Ackermann’s. Repository of Arts, London.
4-3/4 x 7-1/2 inches.
14760
$100
Thomas Rowlandson
Doctor Syntax in a Court of Justice
For The Second Tour of Dr. Syntax: In Search of Consolation, by William Combe. Hand colored etching and aquatint, 1820. Published by Rudolph Ackermann, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, London.
4-3/4 x 7-1/2 inches.
14769
$100
Thomas Rowlandson
Tis Not the Time to Meet One’s Fate, Just Ent’ring on a Large Estate
For The English Dance of Death, by William Combe. Hand colored etching and aquatint, 1816. Published by Rudolph Ackermann, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, London.
4-3/4 x 7-1/2 inches.
15678
$100
Thomas Rowlandson
Dr. Syntax and the Bees
For one of the three Tours of Dr. Syntax, by William Combe. Hand colored etching and aquatint, 1812-22. Published by Rudolph Ackermann, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, London.
SIZE inches.
14734
$100
